FROM CURITIBA TO QUITO: RESERVED TRAFFIC LANES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS AN ECOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY FOR CITIES

Quito's new trolleybus is a great success. It is being expanded already. Consisting of a know-how transfer from a Latin American city, Curitiba (Brazil), to another Latin American city, Quito (Ecuador), these two experiences display a new and original development model. By occupying urban space, and therefore limiting the presence of the car, too often promoted without considering environmental and ecological consequences, the 'reserved structuring axes' for public transport allow high mobility at low cost. The advantages of this model are numerous and could profit many other cities. Today, more and more questions of technological choices are part of the political and ecological debate. Transport is no longer a secondary issue. (A)

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• Authors:
  • Lambert, B
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 40-6
• Serial:
  • World Transport Policy & Practice
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Eco-Logica Limited
  • ISSN: 1352-7614
  • Serial URL: https://www.worldtransportjournal.org/journal
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Traffic lanes; Trolley cars; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Brazil; Ecuador
• ITRD Terms: 8012: Brazil; 1272: Bus; 8030: Ecuador; 2827: Traffic lane; 1284: Tram; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00752383
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 18 1998 12:00AM